Which type of virtual machine (VM) is created from a snapshot of the parent VM...

A linked clone is created from a snapshot of a parent VM and continues to reference the parent's base virtual disk for all data that has not changed, storing only the incremental differences unique to the clone in its own delta disk. This dependency on the parent snapshot is exactly what makes it a 'linked' clone: it cannot function independently if the parent VM or the specific snapshot it is linked to is deleted, and it is created almost instantly because it does not copy the full virtual disk. This trades independence for speed and storage efficiency, which is why linked clones are widely used for short-lived use cases such as test/dev environments or virtual desktop pools. A full clone (C), by contrast, is a complete, independent copy of the parent VM's virtual disk at the time of cloning; it takes longer to create and consumes the full storage footprint, but has no ongoing dependency on the parent. 'Snapshot clone' (A) and 'replicated clone' (B) are not standard terms used to describe VM cloning types in virtualization or data protection architecture and do not correctly describe this snapshot-dependent relationship. The correct term for a clone built from and dependent on a parent's snapshot is a linked clone.

Reference topic: Replication and Data Archiving - VM Cloning and Snapshot-Based Replication.